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Population
2025: Population growth of 0.3% to 3.7 million
Georgia recorded an increase in the total population to 3,704,500 people, including migrants, which is 0.3% higher than in early 2024. The demographic count was conducted as of January 1, 2025. This was announced by the National Statistics Service of Georgia "Saxtat" on April 26, 2025.
According to Sputnik, the demographic picture of the country demonstrates a significant concentration of residents in the capital region. Population density ranges from critically low rates in mountainous areas to high urbanization in central areas.
The age structure of the population is characterized by the dominance of able-bodied citizens, accounting for 64.3% of the total number of inhabitants. The child population under the age of 14 is represented by 19.2% of citizens, pensioners over 65 form 16.6% of the demographic composition.
The largest share is made up of adolescents 10-14 years old, followed by citizens 35-39 years old and representatives of the pre-retirement group 60-64 years old. A quarter of the population falls on young people 19-39 years old, a similar share is occupied by middle-aged citizens 40-59 years old.
The gender distribution shows the numerical prevalence of the female population. There are 1,780,575 men in the country, 1,923,931 women. The ratio is 93 males for every 100 females. Up to the 40-year mark, the male population exceeds the female.
Life expectancy on average reaches 74.9 years. The male population lives 70.5 years, the female - 79.3 years. The national average is 39, with men on average five years younger than women.
The regional demographics are represented by the following indicators: Kvemo Kartli is inhabited by 438.9 thousand citizens, Imereti - 433.3 thousand, Ajara autonomy - 366.7 thousand, Kakheti - 298.5 thousand, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 283.3 thousand, Shida Kartli - 242 thousand, Samtskhe-Javakheti - 140.2 thousand, Guria - 100.6 thousand, Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 92.7 thousand, Kvlecheti - 25huti.[1]
2018: Population decline from 1989 by 8.8% to 4.9 million
Children out of wedlock
Male-to-female ratio
Fertility and mortality
2023
The average age of a woman at the birth of her first child is 26.6 years
Mortality exceeded birth rate
In 2023, 40,214 children were born in Georgia - this is approximately 5% less than in 2022. Such data are contained in the report of the National Statistics Agency (Geostat), which was released on March 28, 2024.
The document says that in 2023, out of the total number of children born, 21,010 were boys, 19,204 were girls. 13,697 children were born in the capital, Tbilisi. The lowest birth rates were recorded in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo-Svaneti regions.
In general, mortality in Georgia exceeds the birth rate: in 2023, 2542 more people died in the country than were born. In the total number of live births, the proportion of children born to mothers under the age of 25 decreased from 26.5% to 24.6% compared to 2022, and the proportion of mothers in the 25-39 age group decreased from 69.6% to 69.4%. The increase is observed among mothers aged 40 and over - their share rose on an annualized basis from 4% to 6%.
In 2023, 22,275 marriages were registered in Georgia, which is 14.5% less than the corresponding indicator of the previous year. The average age of first marriage is 29.7 years for women and 32.1 years for men. During the same period, the number of registered divorces was 13,664, a 3.1% decrease from the corresponding figure of the previous year.
The infant mortality rate (number of deaths under the age of 1 year per 1,000 live births) was 8.2 per thousand and the under-5 mortality rate was 9.5 per thousand.
According to the National Statistics Service, the population of Georgia as of January 1, 2023 amounted to 3 million 736.4 thousand people, which is 1.3% more than the previous year. Meanwhile, experts say that Georgia is experiencing serious demographic problems: this is caused by a decrease in the birth rate and a large migration from the country.[2]
Migration
2023: More Russians leave Georgia than enter
In 2023 Georgia , 1,856,237 citizens entered, and 1,887,223 Russia Russians left it. This is evidenced by the data, MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Georgia which in turn leads the statistics of the border police department.
According to TASS, citing materials published on the website of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, in total foreign citizens visited the country more than 7.1 million times in 2023, which is 29% more than in the previous year. In 2023, drivers of passenger cars crossed the land border with Russia more than 757 thousand times for entry and about 1.2 million times for departure.
The Kommersant newspaper writes that the difference of 30,986 between the number of Russians who left and entered Georgia in 2023 is explained by the fact that in addition to the traditionally high number of Russian tourists, the number of which has increased even more due to the restoration of direct flights between the two countries. The statistics are also influenced by the outflow from Georgia of Russian relocants who moved to permanent residence back in 2022. For them, Georgia is no longer attractive mainly due to the excessive high cost of living in Tbilisi and Batumi, the publication says.
The beginning of the mass return of relocants to Russia became known in November 2023. Then Natalya Danina, chief specialist of the hh.ru for the labor market, head of the client efficiency of the resource, said that a quarter of those who have left are already in the country in search of work. In her opinion, such factors as the deterioration of their economic situation abroad, the fall of the ruble exchange rate and the lack of plans by the Russian authorities to organize another wave of partial mobilization could have influenced the return of the relocants. In addition, this may be due to the establishment of record low unemployment in the country and the growth of salaries offered to successful candidates, the expert added.[3]
2022:112 thousand Russians arrived in Georgia during the conflict in Ukraine
According to the report, MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Georgia for 9 months of 2022, against the background of the conflict on, To Ukraine 112,733 citizens of the Russian Federation arrived in Georgia, who did not leave the country either back to Russia or to third countries.
2021: Net outflow over 4 years
Proportion of population outside the country
National composition
Armenians
Xenophobia
Notes
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